Technology Tools Integrated to Meet the Intersection of

The Five Dimensions of Digital Equity and The Design of Learning Environments

Learner Centered - Accessing Prior Knowledge and Misconceptions

• Graphic Organizer Software: Inspiration, Kidspiration

• Online Graphic Organizer Development: Gliffey

• Printable Samples of Graphic Organizers: Houghton Mifflin's Education Place, Graphic.org, Write Design Online, Teacher Vision Graphic Organizers (sorted by type and curricular area)

Learner Centered - Making Predictions and Explaining Predictions

• Graphic Organizers: See Above Tools

• Simulations: SecondLife, Frog Guts or Net Frog, Heart Surgery Videos, Earthquake Visualization and lesson plans, Hurricanes Demonstration, Journey North

• Evidence to Explain Predictions: Digital Photography/Video, Blogs and Wikis (Online Journals), Ecological Footprint Calculator

Assessment Centered - Formative Assessment

• Rubrics: Rubistar, Project Based Learning Checklists

• Online quizzes, polls & surveys: Quizlet, Doodle, SurveyMonkey

Knowledge Centered - Emphasis on Sense Making

• Primary sources, GlobalSchoolNet (writing in collaboration)

• (http://www.globalschoolnet.org/ http://www.globalschoolnet.org/gsh/pr/ history podcast thing Internet2)

Community Centered -

• Social networking tools: Ning, Web 2.0

• Community building activities